Bug#777479: subversion: svn diff outputs 2 chunks instead of 1 when there are 6 consecutive unmodified lines

2015-02-09 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2015-02-09 20:09:15 -0500, James McCoy wrote: > On Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 07:19:14PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > Contrary to the "diff" utility, "svn diff" outputs 2 chunks instead > > of 1 when there are 6 consecutive unmodified lines. > > I don't think svn claims to produce identical diff

Bug#777479: subversion: svn diff outputs 2 chunks instead of 1 when there are 6 consecutive unmodified lines

2015-02-09 Thread James McCoy
Control: severity -1 minor On Sun, Feb 08, 2015 at 07:19:14PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Contrary to the "diff" utility, "svn diff" outputs 2 chunks instead > of 1 when there are 6 consecutive unmodified lines. I don't think svn claims to produce identical diffs to that of the diff command,

Bug#777479: subversion: svn diff outputs 2 chunks instead of 1 when there are 6 consecutive unmodified lines

2015-02-08 Thread Vincent Lefevre
Package: subversion Version: 1.8.10-5 Severity: normal Contrary to the "diff" utility, "svn diff" outputs 2 chunks instead of 1 when there are 6 consecutive unmodified lines. To reproduce the bug, create a file with "seq 14" and commit it. Then modify the lines 4 and 11 (e.g. add a "b" character)